Finance Officer
Role: Finance Officer
Department: Corporate Finance
Location: Carbrook House, Sheffield
Salary: Band C - £28,914 - £31,749/Band D - £32,613 - £37,020
Hours: 37
Contract Type: Permanent
In this fast‑paced and varied Finance Officer role, you will directly support the Financial Accountant and work with other Finance Officers in a team to produce statutory financial information in accordance with corporate timetables. You will act in accordance with force financial regulations, contract standing orders and force financial instructions, procedure, and guidelines at all times.
Key responsibilities:
- Carry out all monthly/quarterly/annual balance sheet reconciliations to ensure that assets, income, and expenditure are all treated correctly within the accounts structure.
- Reconcile the bank account for the force.
- Reconcile the acquisitions and disposals of all force assets, including properties, vehicles, all vehicle fleet stocks and items of equipment at regular intervals throughout the financial year.
- Analyse and update both the staff costings, special costings, and national framework agreement costings, gathering information from various different sources to arrive at the costs. Use guidance provided by ACPO where appropriate.
- Provide VAT advice and guidance to support the department and the Force. Liaise with the Force VAT advisors as appropriate. Complete the VAT return with support from the Financial Accountant.
- Assist with the completion of external government returns including Police Objective Analysis, Whole of Government Accounts, DCLG Returns, CIPFA Benchmarking, Police Pension returns.
- Carry out year‑end duties in accordance with the year‑end timetable. Complete all working papers relevant to role and assist with reviewing other schedules to ensure they are maintained in accordance with accounting standards and audit requirements.
- Deal with ad‑hoc requests for financial data which will include investigation, analysis and costing exercises and Freedom of Information requests. Provide financial advice and information as appropriate.
Skills and experience:
- Full member of Association of Accounting Technicians (Band D) / Actively Studying AAT (Band C)
- Experience of working in a financial environment including budgetary control and year end procedures
- Ability to analyse, critically evaluate and interpret financial information.
- Experience of using a computerised financial information system in a medium to large organisation (including General Ledger)
- Computer literate with experience of analysing and presenting information using spreadsheets.
Applications will be considered for a trainee role for those applicants who can demonstrate financial acumen and high level business/personal skills.
Skills and experience as documented in the role profile need to be evidenced in your application to be considered for interview.
For more detailed information relating to the role, skills, and experience for this role, please click here to view the role profile.
What we offer:
We offer generous entitlements and supportive policies to enable a better work-life balance, some of which are listed below:
- A highly competitive salary and access to a generous pension scheme
- Generous annual leave allowance
- A wide range of family friendly policies including enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave.
- Flexible working arrangements including flexitime and hybrid working.
- A transparent and collaborative team culture underpinned by our core values of Fairness, Integrity & Trust
- Comprehensive range of development and leadership courses to develop your career with South Yorkshire Police
- Employee Assistant Programme (accessible 24/7) offering confidential support and advice.
- Flexible lifestyle benefits such as: Blue Light Card, Company Shop, Cycle to work scheme.
- Committed to embedding sustainability: South Yorkshire Police Sustainability Strategy 2020-2025 (yhrn.police)
- Membership to the Sports and Social Club
- Access to a wide range of staff support groups and networks
Eligibility:
Applicants must meet the minimum requirement checkable history criteria, which must be taken into account for individuals applying to work with South Yorkshire Police in any capacity. A minimum checkable history of 5 years is required for this role and successfully undergoing recruitment vetting procedure is a pre-requisite of employment with South Yorkshire Police.
Appearance & Standards:
South Yorkshire Police is committed to striking a proportionate balance between self-expression and the need to maintain role sensitive professional standards in dress and appearance. Officers, staff, and volunteers of South Yorkshire Police are permitted to have tattoos visible whilst on duty provided the tattoo is not considered to be unacceptable or otherwise inappropriate. Tattoos will be reviewed as part of the recruitment and selection process.
South Yorkshire Police’s Key Values:
At South Yorkshire Police we have 3 key values which run through everything we do Fairness, Integrity & Trust, the attached document details the key behaviours we expect all employees to adhere to.
Smarter ways of Working:
South Yorkshire Police is committed to developing working practices which assist staff to balance their personal and professional lives, whilst meeting the needs of the organisation. This in turn enables SYP to provide an outstanding service to the community.
There are 3 different categories as part of this which are: Fixed, Field and Hybrid.
This role has been evaluated as a Hybrid role.
Hybrid: Applicable when the work can be undertaken at any location, whether that be a SYP building or from home.
Contact details:
For further information about the role, please contact: Rachel Wilkinson 0114 2523518
Closing Date: 4th March 2026
Closing dates are not normally extended, other than in exceptional circumstances and agreement is made between the Talent Acquisition Manager and the Line Manager for the role.
Candidate Information:
Please note that, should you be successful at the interview stage and before appointment, the relevant pre-employment checks are required. These include references, medical clearance, vetting clearance, and sickness absence criteria check.
Diversity & Inclusion:
Applications are particularly welcome from female and ethnic minority candidates.
It is really important to us that the department represents the community we serve, in order for us to provide the best service, utilising a range of backgrounds, experience and skills. We support and value all officers and staff and the unique experiences they bring to the role. We strongly encourage and welcome applications from these valuable underrepresented groups.
If you are from an underrepresented group and want to find out more about the support we can offer, please contact our dedicated team on positiveaction@southyorks.pnn.police.uk
In addition, we will look to support anyone who requires Part Time/Job share working hours.
Documents to Review:
For the Police Staff Recruitment Vetting Handbook - Please Click here
For Application Guidance and Tips - Please Click Here
For the FIT Values of South Yorkshire Police - Please Click Here
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